The LSWR N15 class was a British 2–cylinder 4-6-0 express passenger steam locomotive designed by Robert Urie. The class has a complex build history spanning three sub-classes and ten years of construction from 1918 to 1927. The first batch of the class was constructed for the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), where they hauled heavy express passenger trains to the south coast ports and further west to Exeter. After the Lord Nelsons, they were the second biggest 4-6-0 passenger locomotives on the Southern Railway. They could reach speeds of up to 90 mph (145 km/h).
30453 King Arthur at Waterloo
Urie N15 30740 'Merlin', near Branksome 1951
N15 No. 806 Sir Galleron, a member of the second "Eastleigh Arthur" batch. The locomotive is fitted to a six-wheel N class tender for use on restricted Central section turntables
The cylinder is the power-producing element of the steam engine powering a steam locomotive. The cylinder is made pressure-tight with end covers and a piston; a valve distributes the steam to the ends of the cylinder. Cylinders were initially cast iron, but later made of steel. The cylinder casting includes other features such as valve ports and mounting feet. The last big American locomotives incorporated the cylinders as part of huge one-piece steel castings that were the main frame of the locomotive. Renewable wearing surfaces were needed inside the cylinders and provided by cast-iron bushings.
The 'motion' on the left-hand side of 60163 Tornado. The black casting to the left houses the cylinder, in which slides the piston; the piston rod is immediately above the wheel.
French 2-2-2 locomotive with nearly horizontal cylinders, 1844
A NYC switching locomotive with outside valves driven by inside valve gear (Howden, Boys' Book of Locomotives, 1907)
The cylinders on a Shay locomotive.